by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 14, 2012 | Installation, Public Art, Sculpture, Textile, Vancouver
At first I didn’t see what the fuss was about at the official artwork unveiling last weekend at Main and 18th. Unless the soggy mess of dirt and blue metal fencing in front of the new condo complex was some sort of statement about building boom upheaval.Maureen...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 23, 2012 | Design, Eastside Culture Crawl, Handwork, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Maker, Process, Sculpture, Use Object
A friend of mine was a little obsessed with cleaning her carpeting in the condo she brought brand new several years ago. She seemed to be at constant war with her wall-to-wall. I always assumed it was her strong design aesthetic that drove her to splurge on a...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 9, 2012 | Additive, Art, Fabric, Fiber, Fibre, Garment, Handwork, Ideas, Industry, Knitting, Macrame, Maker, Public Art, Quilt, Sculpture, Street Art, Textile, Weaving, Wool
A real trip: Toronto’s textile-retail district is a visual feast for any kind of maker. (Carlyn Yandle photos) Stephen Cruise’s 1997 public artwork at Richmond and Spadina. (Carlyn Yandle photo) Like other Vancouver makers, I mourn the latest closures of...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 26, 2012 | Art, Commission, Craft, Crochet, Design, Installation, Pattern, Public Art, Sculpture
It’s a tricky business, doing a public-art commission for a private corporation, especially when there are big strings attached to the cash: the thing has to salute the business itself.The really tricky part is creating something that doesn’t pander to the...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 26, 2012 | Art, Collaboration, Craft, Crafts, Fabric, Fiber, Fibre, Found Objects, Handwork, Installation, Knotting, Macrame, Maker, Net, Network, Process, Project, Public Art, Sculpture, Textile
Artist friend and Maker Faire participant Rachael Ashe In his speech to graduates of Toronto’s York University this month, one of my favourite journalists, CBC Radio’s Michael Enright, advised the next working generation to “learn how to fix something. Or make...
by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 25, 2012 | Doilies, Doily, Fabric, Failure, Fiber, Fibre, Installation, Macrame, Process, Sculpture
Visual artists talk a lot about the importance of happy accidents. That’s when good things come out of experimentation. It’s very tough to accept the less-happy accidents as part of the process, but I find that time heals all ego wounds and I’m willing to...
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